Load-sustainer.



F. J. ,IUNKER.

LOAD SUSTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9. 1916.

1,202,530. Patented Oct. 24,1916.

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FREDERICK J. JUNKER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN LQAD-SUSTAINER.

Application filed March 9, 1916'.

To all 'lP/LOWZ it may concern.

Be. it known thatI, Iinnnnmcn J. JUNKER,

a citizen of the United States of America r residing at Detroit, in the county of \Vayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lead Sustainers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accoml'mnying drawings- When substituting a truck or connnercial autou'iobile body for pleasure or touring automobile bodies in order that the same chassis or running gear may be utilized for trucking purposes, it is desirable to increase thestrength or carrying qualities of the rear spring or springs of the automobile, to sustain such loads as. the spring or springs may be subjected to. and my invention aims to provide a novel load sustainer that can be easily and quickly attached to the rear axle casing of an automobile and the springs thereof. to increase the sustaining: power of the springs. 4

My invention further aims to provide a load sustaining device that can be advantageously used in connection with the chassis of the well known Ford automobile.

and the parts of the device are constructed with a view it reducing the cost of manufacture and at the same time retain thefeatures by which safety, durabilit v.-sin'iplicity and ease of assembling are secured.

\Vith such ends in view my invention resides in the novel construction combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and then claimed.

Reference will now .be had to the drawing, wherein i Figure 1 is a rear elevation of an automobile chassis provided with a load sustainer in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of a portion of the load sustainer, partly broken away and is an enlarged plan of a spring member.

In the drawings. 1 denotes a rear axle casine, having a dill'erential part 2, shackles 3 an( a lea 1 spring l supporting a rear end hearing or automobile lrame Connected to the rear axle casing l, contiguous to the ends thereof, by yokcsfi or similar fastening means, are transverse bearing plates 7 hav' inc seats 8 "for the casing l. The ends of the bearing plates 7 are. apertured and providcd with guide thimbles 9. Extending through the thimbles 9 of the bearing plates Specification of Letters Patent.

I .latented Oct. 24; 1916. Serial No. 83.006.

7 are tie rods 10, preferably in the form-of bolts provided with nuts. The tie rods 10 extend through thim'bles ll 'arried by the a [.iertured ends of transverse heads 13 forming part of spring members 1% and these spring members are connected to the ends of the leaf springs l by straps 15. The tie rods 10 extend above the heads 13 of the spring members It and are encircled by rod sustaining! springs 16, while the tie rods 10 and thethimbles 9 and 11 are encircled by' coiled load sustaining s nings 17." I

The bearingplates 7 are provided with apertured lugs 18 connected bv a tie rod 15), which extends under the differential part 2 of the rear axle casing! ,l and assist in supporting the same. besides connecting. the bearing plates 7 of the rear axle casing (lrdinarily (he ditlercntial part 2 of the rear I axle casing is of separable parts, and should.

parts of the rear axle casing become detached, the tie rod 1!) holds the parts to gether until repairs are made.

By referenceto Fig. 1, it will be observed that the transverseheads 13 are disposed at an angle to the spring members ll whereby the heads 13 will he in a horizontal plane parallel with the bearing plates 7, thus insuring proper end contact of the load sustaining spring 17 with the head '13 and the bearing plates 7. The members llincrease the strength or carrying qualities of the leaf spring l. and when said spring is subected to a load and the springs I? placedunder compression, the springs 16 support the tie rod 10 and prevent the same from rattling in the'bearing plates 7 and the heads 13.

It may not be necessary to use the tie rod 1!) or the thimbles 9 and 11 in connection with the bearing plates 7and the heads 13, and while in the drawing there. is illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention. it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such changes, in size, shape and manner of assemblage, as fall within the scope of the appended 'claims:

Whatl claim is: 1. In an automobile, the combination with a rear axle casing and a spring above said plates and said members, and rod sustaining springs above said members adapted to hold said rods when said load sustaining springs are, under compression.

3., In an automobile, the combination with a rear axle casing. and a spring above said casing, of members clamped on the lower faces of said spring at the ends thereof and extending 'innardly alon; said sprin plates attached to said easing. a rod eonneeting said plates, rods extendine through said plates and said members. and load sustaining: springs encircling the last mentioned rods between said plates and said members.

4. A load sustaining devire for antomobiles, comprising niembers adapted for attaelnni-nt'touandigliui'able with a vehiele sprin; \lien flexed in either ilil'ertiun.

spaced means holding said members'iongitudinally of said spring, plat-es adapted for attachment to an axle portion of a vehicle, tie rods extending through said plates and said members, load sustaining springs between said plates and said members, and means on said members supporting said tie rods when said springs are under compression by a load.

A load sustaining devieefor vehicles. comprising members adapted to attachment. to and movable with a vehicle spring when flexed in either (lllUt'tiUll, spaeedmeans holding said members longitudinally oi said spring, plates adapted for attachment to a rear axle easing at the ends thereoi', a rod ronneeting said plates, rods extending through said plates and said members, coiled eompression springs eneireling the last mentioned rods betweensaid plates and said members; and roiled sp ings eneireling the last mentioned rods above said members and adapted to hold said rods when said compression springs are under eompression by a load.

ln t stimony whereof I allix my signature in pre enee of two witnesses.

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